Ganoderma microsporum | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Agaricomycetes |
Order: | Polyporales |
Family: | Ganodermataceae |
Genus: | Ganoderma |
Species: | G. microsporum
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Binomial name | |
Ganoderma microsporum R.S.Hseu (1989)
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Ganoderma microsporum is a species of Ganoderma mushroom native to Taiwan that grows on willow trees.
Ganoderma microsporum has a relatively short or obscure stem that appears bronze or dark purple. The cap is shelf like or unevenly shaped and has a glazed appearance. [1]
The spores measure 6–8.5 by 4.5–5 μm, smaller than the spores of all other known types of Ganoderma. [2] [3]
The species was first discovered in Taipei, Taiwan by R.-S. Hseu in 1982, and published in the scientific journal Mycotaxon in 1989. [1]
The specific epithet microsporum refers to the relatively small size of its spores. [2] [3]
Compounds discovered in Ganoderma include polysaccharides, triterpenoids, nucleic acids and fungal immunomodulatory proteins or FIPs. [4] According to the NIH PubMed database on the physiological activities of G. microsporum, primarily from the FIP found in G. microsporum (FIP-gmi or GMI), currently known physiological activities include effects on the central nervous system and the respiratory system. [5] [6]
Ganoderma microsporum | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Agaricomycetes |
Order: | Polyporales |
Family: | Ganodermataceae |
Genus: | Ganoderma |
Species: | G. microsporum
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Binomial name | |
Ganoderma microsporum R.S.Hseu (1989)
|
Ganoderma microsporum is a species of Ganoderma mushroom native to Taiwan that grows on willow trees.
Ganoderma microsporum has a relatively short or obscure stem that appears bronze or dark purple. The cap is shelf like or unevenly shaped and has a glazed appearance. [1]
The spores measure 6–8.5 by 4.5–5 μm, smaller than the spores of all other known types of Ganoderma. [2] [3]
The species was first discovered in Taipei, Taiwan by R.-S. Hseu in 1982, and published in the scientific journal Mycotaxon in 1989. [1]
The specific epithet microsporum refers to the relatively small size of its spores. [2] [3]
Compounds discovered in Ganoderma include polysaccharides, triterpenoids, nucleic acids and fungal immunomodulatory proteins or FIPs. [4] According to the NIH PubMed database on the physiological activities of G. microsporum, primarily from the FIP found in G. microsporum (FIP-gmi or GMI), currently known physiological activities include effects on the central nervous system and the respiratory system. [5] [6]